Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Pre-Matric Scholarship for Backward Classes
The pre matric scholarship has now been limited to Class IX and X in Government schools only under OBC category.
This has been done in order to rationalise the scholarship as per the following:
- The Right to Education  Act, 2009 makes it obligatory for the Government to provide free and compulsory elementary education  to each and every child. Accordingly only students studying in classes IX and X are covered under the pre- matric scholarship scheme for OBC.
- The amount of scholarship has been increased and made uniform today scholars and hostellers.
The number of students covered by the Scheme till the last three years and the amount incurred, year-wise and State-wise, is given in Annexure I.
Total of 5.67 crore students are likely to be benefitted under the Scheme during the period of five years over the XV Finance Commission Cycle.
Annexure-I
State-wise details of achievements under the Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students during the last three years
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Amount and beneficiaries in lakh
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2019-20
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2020-21
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2021-22
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S.No.
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States/ UTs
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Funds Released
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No. of
Beneficiaries
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Funds Released
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No. of Beneficiaries
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Funds Released
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No. of Beneficiaries
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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841.00
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0.11
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967.00
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$
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199.50
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$
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2
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Bihar
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1128.668
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60.22
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0.00
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104.99
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4000.00
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$
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3
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Chhattisgarh
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0.00
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0
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577.40
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8.37
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104.50
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$
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4
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Goa
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19.50
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0.23
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34.51
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$
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10.00
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0.01
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5
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Gujarat
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800.00
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1.03
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800.00
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1.01
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800.00
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$
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6
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Haryana
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190.00
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$
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0.00
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$
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0.00
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$
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7
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Himachal Pradesh
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0.00
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0
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141.55
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0.10
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30.00
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0.1311
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8
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Jammu & Kashmir
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150.32
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0.35
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0.00
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0.17
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80.00
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$
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9
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Jharkhand
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955.85
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0.34
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650.00
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8.61
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2000.00
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2.27
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10
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Karnataka
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1741.85
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15.34
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1384.84
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11.25
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2500.00
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8.47603
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11
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Kerala
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962.51
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2.31
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756.82
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2.40
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1800.00
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$
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12
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Madhya Pradesh
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0.00
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0
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0.00
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$
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0.00
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$
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13
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Maharashtra
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0.00
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0
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0.00
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5.97
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1508.08
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5.30915
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14
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Odisha
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717.00
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1.21
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825.00
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1.37
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788.99
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0.58775
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15
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Punjab
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775.26
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2.21
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546.00
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2.10
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114.50
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2.17871
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16
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Rajasthan
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1115.29
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1.66
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1555.06
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6.37
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2972.55
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$
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17
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Tamil Nadu
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1896.00
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1.11
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1633.275
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1.61
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2694.715
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$
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18
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Telangana
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0.00
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0
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0.00
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0.03
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0.00
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1.00
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19
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Uttar Pradesh
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5590.35
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3.27
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4081.00
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6.99
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848.00
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11.2119
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20
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Uttarakhand
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0.00
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0
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228.89
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0.22
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50.00
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0.09214
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21
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West Bengal
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2592.15
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4.28
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2069.20
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4.22
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544.00
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3.13
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22
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Assam
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0.00
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0
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0.00
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0.03
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81.648
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$
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23
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Manipur
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0.00
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0.03
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72.31
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0.05
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124.756
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Nil
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24
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Sikkim
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7.31
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0.01
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7.79
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0.01
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7.720
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0.00484
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25
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Tripura
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350.00
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0.66
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215.275
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0.24
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214.94
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$
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26
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A & N Island
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15.06
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0
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26.05
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$
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10.50
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$
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27
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Chandigarh
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10.00
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0.01
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8.15
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$
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14.50
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$
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28
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D & N Haveli
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0.795
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0
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$
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33.00
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Nil
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29
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Daman & Diu
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74.145
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0
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8.25
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$
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22.00
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Nil
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30
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Delhi
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183.00
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0.11
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0.00
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0.07
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223.75
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0.03
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31
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Puducherry
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41.25
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0.03
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3.00
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0.03
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51.25
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$
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Total:
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20157.31
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94.52
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16591.37
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166.200
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21828.90
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34.43
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$ Not reported by Implementing Agencies
Note:  The beneficiaries includes the students from class I to VIII also as the new scheme is being implemented w.e.f. 2022-23.
 The number of beneficiaries shown against a particular year may also include beneficiaries of previous year reported together during the subsequent year.
This information was given by The Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Virendra Kumar in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today.